Mount Pleasant Historic District (Additional Documentation)
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About the district
Mount Pleasant Historic District (Additional Documentation), at Roughly bounded by Sixteenth & Harvard Sts., Rock Creek Church Rd., & Adams Mill Rd., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Oct 5, 1987. The Register lists it for its town planning, architecture and ethnic heritage-hispanic, at the state level. It describes its style as Victorian, as it does for 19 other District of Columbia listings. The district takes in 1,075 historic buildings. The listing covers 200 acres. Seven more Register listings are within a quarter mile.
What it isHistoric neighborhood in Washington, D.C., United States. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 46 MB · National Archives↗1700 to today
- 1700Built
- 1987Added to the National Register of Historic Places
- 2026On the Register for 39 years
Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes
Roughly bounded by Sixteenth & Harvard Sts., Rock Creek Church Rd., & Adams Mill Rd., Washington · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Mount Pleasant Historic District (Additional Documentation)Start here
- 2Earley, John Joseph HouseBuilding · next door
- 3
Buildings at 1644-1666 Park Road NWColonial Revival · 0.1 mi on - 4
Marconi, Guglielmo, MemorialAcademic Abstraction · Built 1940 · next door - 5
Gibbons, James, CardinalNaturalism · Built 1932 · next door
21 more Register listings within half a mile
★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.
Victorian style, nearby
Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Victorian.
Memories of Mount Pleasant Historic District (Additional Documentation)
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Questions about Mount Pleasant Historic District (Additional Documentation)
Is Mount Pleasant Historic District (Additional Documentation) on the National Register of Historic Places?
Yes. It was added on Oct 5, 1987 (Register number 87001726).
Is Mount Pleasant Historic District (Additional Documentation) a National Historic Landmark?
No. It is on the National Register; District of Columbia has 75 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is David White House, 0.5 miles away.
Can you visit Mount Pleasant Historic District (Additional Documentation)?
Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.
Where can I read the history of Mount Pleasant Historic District (Additional Documentation)?
In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 46 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.
Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 117692343 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.